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And so he came into the temple and was received in a manner befitting his high claims.He questioned the two priests of A-lur from whom he obtained only a repetition of the story that Mo-sar had told him, and then the high priest invited him to inspect the temple.…Cited from Tarzan the Terrible,Edgar R. Burroughs

He brought about a series of political, economic and ideological measures to impress his legitimacy upon the world.A new capital city, befitting his status, was one of those measures.He decided to build the city in 936 and construction took about forty years.…

And yet people everlastingly pick and poke at him for being stern-featured and deficient in the softer graces of life.It was his beauty that he was so, for it grew out of and was befitting his circumstances.And I, for one, love to see that austere demeanor so far as it is yet hereditary on the old soil -- and some of it is left -- thinking of its origin.…Cited from Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z, by Various

The broker took his money and later in the day he learned that he controlled a very large number of the shares of the Federal Express Company.He forgot how many, but he knew it was a number befitting his new dignity.Having done this much he thought the directorship could wait.…Cited from Bunker Bean, by Harry Leon Wilson

She was bound for Europe; but whither is Hudson bound?His end befitted his life; he vanished into the unknown, as he had come from it.There is no record of the time or place of his birth, or of his early career, nor can any tell where lie his bones; we only know that his limbs were made in England, and that the great inland sea, called after him, ebbs and flows above his grave.…Cited from U.S. History, V1, by Julian Hawthorne

Give a man a trade befitting his sex, to a young man a trade befitting his age.Sedentary indoor employments, which make the body tender and effeminate, are neither pleasing nor suitable.…Cited from Emile, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

He had determined that he would not go to live with Mrs. Burnham, dressed like a beggar.He would have clothes befitting his station in life.Indeed, he and Uncle Billy were to have gone out the day before to make the necessary purchases; but since the change came the matter had not been thought of.…Cited from Burnham Breaker, by Homer Greene

And thus it did not befit His dignity that He should be taught by any man.Cited from Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars), by Thomas Aquinas

When he came to the throne, about 272 B.C., Asoka had served his apprenticeship in the art of government as viceroy, first in the north at Taxila, and then in the west at Ujjain.He had been brought up by Brahmans in the manner befitting his rank.Buddhist tradition would have us believe that until his conversion he was a monster of cruelty; but there is scarcely enough to warrant that indictment in the fact that he began his reign with a war of aggression, for which he afterwards expressed the deepest remorse.…Cited from India, Old and New, by Sir Valentine Chirol

He was a white of Brazilian origin, and had received a better education than befitted his present condition.Cited from Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon, J. Verne

Behind each man was planted his glittering long-bladed spear.The old man held the place of honour, as befitted his flirtation with death that morning.Everybody was absolutely happy -- a good fire, plenty of meat, and strangers with whom to have a grand "shauri."…Cited from African Camp Fires, by Stewart Edward White

His retention of ideas once formed befitted his rank and station.Some trifling qualms attended Evan's labours with the diplomatist; but these were merely occasioned by the iteration of a particular phrase.…Cited from Evan Harrington by George Meredith, v3

It is difficult, also, for him to be gentle instantly after having been in a rage.So he changed his tactics at the moment, and came to the point at once in a manner befitting his present state of mind.…Cited from An Unprotected Female, by Anthony Trollope

In the AD&D sourcebook Monster Manual II, Mephistopheles is a, blue-black humanoid with handsome, yet diabolical features.He has huge muscles that befit his great strength, and his speech is whispering wind.His wings, horns, and talons are deep blue and his scales are sooty black.…

Spite of his devoted friendship, of which he gave me, until his death, so many proofs during the troubles of my life, it was not in his power at that time to remove the obstacles that arrested me.His mother had exhausted her means to give him an education befitting his rank, and to allow him to travel through Europe.He was himself deep in debt, and could only offer me a corner in the apartment that his family provided for him.…Cited from Raphael, by Alphonse de Lamartine

Before leaving England he had snatched time from his African preparations to superintend personally the arrangements for her stay in Paris.He had himself selected the flat and installed her with every comfort and luxury that was befitting his wife.…Cited from The Shadow of the East, by E. M. Hull

Grant the vastness of the Universe and the sizes of the stars to be as great as you like -- these will still bear no proportion to the infinite Creator.It reckons that the greater the king, so much greater and larger the palace befitting his majesty.…

However, Pan Zhang led an extravagant lifestyle, especially in his later years.The quality of his personal items and clothing actually exceeded that befitting his rank and status.He also killed some wealthy officials and seized their property for himself, and had broken the law on several occasions.…

In the solitude of her chamber she wept in bitterness of heart over her ruined air-castles.And that dress, which she had stolen to make an appearance befitting his bride!…Cited from Isaac T. Hopper, by L. Maria Child

"Wait but a little till I have clad myself duly; I will then go to a friend yonder and inquire."He went into his hut and soon returned clothed in the garments that befitted his position.Walking to a hut at the end of the block, he made pretense, Desmond suspected, of inquiring.…Cited from In Clive's Command, by Herbert Strang